2024-12-22T02:54:41-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150324438/nordic-architects-open-letter-reignites-scorching-autodesk-criticism Josh Niland 2022-09-21T15:47:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/91cd295b62bb8d2d486919a5dc64abac.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Some of Northern Europe&rsquo;s leading architecture firms have signed an <a href="https://the-nordic-letter.com/" target="_blank">open letter</a> lamenting the lack of &ldquo;serious development&rdquo; laden in <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/14613012/autodesk" target="_blank">Autodesk</a>&rsquo;s proprietary design&nbsp;software, an aging suite of tools the authors claim is asking usurious prices despite neglecting years of industry-wide complaints.</p> <p>The letter addressed to Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost was written by the Association of Consulting Architects in Norway (AiN), the Association of Finnish Architects&rsquo; Offices (ATL), the Association of Architectural Firms in Iceland (SAMARK), and the Danish Association of Architectural Firms &mdash; each the largest professional architectural bodies in their respective Nordic home countries and representing more than 14,000 architects combined. Its contents included pointed criticisms of the multi-user license system, the incompatibility and lagging interoperability of Autodesk products to each other and to modern computing systems, and continual price gouging.</p> <p>Their invective offers an update to a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150208994/zha-grimshaw-and-other-large-firms-pen-open-letter-decrying-issues-with-revit" target="_blank">202...</a></p>